Led Where I Did Not Plan to Go

One would rarely consider the word "INCIDENTALLY" a word with the power to launch events that would change the direction of one's life. In my case, that was the word that did just that, and I would like to tell you about it. It all began with a letter I received the year after the opening of Augustinian Academy, a new high school in St. Louis, Missouri. When this letter came, I was principal at Mendel Catholic High School in Chicago, Illinois. I had been brought back to Chicago where I began my teaching ministry in 1953 as a young priest. This was the begining of my faith adventure in Peru.

Bishop John C. McNabb, O.S.A. Born in Beloit, Wisconsin, December 11, 1925. First son of Clarence and Noreen McNabb. Professed religious vows in the Order of Saint Augustine 1945 Villanova University - 1945 - 1953 Augustinian College of Theology & Catholic University of Washington, D.C. 1949 - 1953 Ordination on May 24, 1952 DePaul University - Graduate Studies - Specialist Degree in Education Teaching at Mendel Catholic High School, Chicago, Illinois 1953 - 1961 Named Secretary of the Augustinians of the Chicago Province of the Order of Saint Augustine First Principal of Augustinian Academy, St. Louis, Missouri -1961 Principal of Mendel Catholic High School - 1961-1963 Named Prelate (Superior) of a new mission territory of Chulucanas, Peru, South America March 1964 Assisted at Vatican II Council in Rome - Third Session in 1964 and Fourth Session in 1965 Named by Pope Paul VI the First Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru in June 17, 1967 Retired December 31, 2000 after 36 years in Peru, South America Presently living in a Senior Retirement Community in Rockford, Illinios.